RE: “Normative” ethical theories
September 21, 2025 at 10:47 am
(This post was last modified: September 21, 2025 at 10:51 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Moral desert is metaethically neutral, as I mentioned awhile back. Thus, proving moral desert is a mistake does not entail or suggest that we have proven realism (or any other) metaethical position to be false. Perhaps there are things we ought to do which do not deserve praise. Perhaps there are things we should not do that do not deserve condemnation. These details often lay in our ideas about agency. A toddler sets a fire and someone dies and we say it's a tragedy - we extend our sympathy. A full grown adult sets that same fire and we strap him to a gurney and kill him dead.
A natural fact is a provable statement about something that actually exists or occurs in the world supported by direct evidence, observation, and empirical study. I can think of a number of natural facts about cyanide and people that are fertile grounds for ethical discourse and logical entailments.
A natural fact is a provable statement about something that actually exists or occurs in the world supported by direct evidence, observation, and empirical study. I can think of a number of natural facts about cyanide and people that are fertile grounds for ethical discourse and logical entailments.
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